Chapter 48 New Year

The eldest brother and sister-in-law are still newlyweds, so they are naturally like glue on their knees, and they often flirt with their eyebrows. But their young husband and wife are filial to their parents, brothers, friends and brothers, decent, and very popular with their parents.

Sister He Yuanying, after all, is a child's heart, and she is very much looking forward to the New Year.

She had a whim, and even proposed to ask the whole family to celebrate the New Year a few days in advance, so as to press the little friends, which made the whole family laugh for a while, and her sister-in-law couldn't breathe with laughter!

The weather in Layue this year is good, although it is still cold, it is rare that there was no winter snow before the year.

The New Year is approaching, and in a blink of an eye it is the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, which is called the New Year here, and it is also the day of the sacrifice to the Lord of the Stove.

According to the legend of the older generation, on this day, the stove prince of every family will ascend to heaven to hold an annual meeting, and go to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor the merits and demerits of this family in the past year.

He Yu's mother bought tofu, red dates, maltose, etc., and also made sticky cakes, which were all tributes to the king of the stove.

Red dates and maltose are to make the king of the stove eat sweet and say good things for the whole family. The sticky cake is to hope that the king of the stove will not be able to open his mouth when he says bad things.

The tofu was cut into three pieces of different sizes, stacked into a white jade step, and let the king of the stove step on the sky.

Moreover, these tofu cannot be eaten for the time being, and they must be kept until Chinese New Year's Eve, so that they can be used to pick up the return of the stove king, and familiarize himself with the road, so as not to go to the wrong person's house.

The small year here, looking at the meaning of the text, has another meaning, that is, it is regarded by children as their New Year's Day.

On this day, the average family will cook some good dishes and snacks for the children, so that they can happily experience the joy of the New Year!

In fact, this is also a kind of compensation for children who are wrong!

Because when it comes to the real New Year, it is the time for adults to drink and have fun, and the children are not allowed to go to the table, so they can only hide in the stove room and eat a little good food.

sent away the king of the stove, and there were no taboos at home.

On the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, it was a rare sunny day, the mother drove He Yu and her sister out of the room, and she took her sister-in-law to start cleaning the room, sweeping the dust, shoveling pots and smoke, clanging, and a mess.

Looking at the sunny weather, He Yu's mother simply washed the tents, quilts, etc., which should be washed, and was very busy.

He Yu's father and eldest brother went to the market and the streets respectively to purchase New Year's goods according to the varieties and quantities budgeted out by his mother.

On the afternoon of Chinese New Year's Eve, everything was ready at home, and before the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner began, the family put on new makeup, and He Yu and his sister also rarely wore a new overall.

In addition to the lively atmosphere, the sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and many snacks, there is also the only opportunity for children to change into new clothes every year!

The sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner began, and He Yu and his sister changed the way they ate in the past, and behaved in a sven manner, which made their parents very satisfied.

The whole family is neatly dressed, although He Yu's brothers and sisters have only made a new top, or wear half-new and half-used pants, but they are also cautious, for fear of accidentally soiling the new clothes!

The fire pit burned red, and He Yu's whole family gathered in a circle, sat by the fire pit to roast the fire, and gossip.

On the stove, the bone tube lotus root soup cooked in the big iron pot is bubbling with small bubbles, exuding an attractive fragrance.

This is an indispensable dish for He Yu's family every year, mainly used as the base soup of the hot pot, and the green vegetables cooked in this soup are particularly delicious!

The aroma of meat and lotus root, mixed together, is very attractive!

Although it was less than an hour after dinner, her sister He Yuanying still had a greedy face, and the breeze in the crack of the door blew a trace of light smoke in front of her eyes.

He Yuanying waved his little hand to catch the cigarette, and took the opportunity to stand up, ran to the stove, stood on tiptoe, tore off a piece of meat from a bone that was exposed, and ate it with relish!

If it was before, He Yuanying would definitely be counted down by her mother, but today is the New Year, and it is auspicious, looking at her cautious appearance, the whole family can't help but laugh.

After the excitement of the New Year passed, her sister He Yuanying couldn't support it at first, and began to fall asleep a little, so she climbed onto her mother's lap.

At this time, He Yu's father would tell some terrifying stories as usual, so that the children could persist until after the third watch.

As soon as the sound of the third watch passed, He Yu's father stood up, opened the door, and pasted Spring Festival couplets on both sides of the door.

Every year's Spring Festival couplets are written by He Yu's father himself, although the content is the same, but the writing is still decent, very attractive.

After admiring it from different angles, He Yu's father took out a firecracker and hung it on the penny of the cool clothes and set it off.

The sound of firecrackers broke the silence of the night, and almost at the same time, one after another, all lit firecrackers, and the sound came and went, splashing into the air, emitting sparkling fireworks, which was very beautiful.

He Yu's father carried a bundle of dry firewood from outside and beckoned the whole family into the house, which is also called "entering firewood (wealth)".

After the firewood (wealth) enters the house, the door is closed, and the whole family has to go to bed, which is also a saying, called "sealing the wealth gate".

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the first thing He Yu's father did when he got up and opened the door was to put another firecracker, called "opening the door of wealth", and then his mother re-opened the fire to cook tea, and the new year began.

After the "opening of the wealth gate" at dawn, the whole family gathered in the hall, and He Yu's parents sat side by side on the spring bench.

He Yu's eldest brother and sister-in-law, with He Yu and his younger sister He Yuanying, knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully three times, and said an auspicious word, and the parents symbolically gave each a few cents of red envelopes, called "New Year's greetings"!

After breakfast, He Yu's parents took their eldest brother and sister-in-law, carrying incense paper, candles, and firecrackers, to the ancestral tomb mountain to pay New Year's greetings to the ancestors.

He Yu originally wanted to practice quietly at home, but he couldn't stand his sister He Yuanying's soft bubble deadlift, and he didn't want to ruin his sister's happiness during the New Year, so he went door to door with her to pay New Year's greetings to the neighbors.

Adults greet their neighbors for the New Year, and they usually stand on the floor of their own homes, holding their fists and saying to each other: "Congratulations, congratulations, happy new year, have a lively year!" ”

If the New Year's greeters enter the house, the host will entertain the guests with sweet wine, eggs, congratulatory tea, and other food, which is called "Xiaban tea".

If there are many people in the family who come to pay New Year's greetings, there are five to seven plates on the plate, which contain fried peanuts, melon seeds, flower ears, fried corn, fried potato chips, biscuits, candy, etc., and make tea and invite guests to eat, which is called "Xia Plate".